Hard Drive and AppleCare

I was helping a friend with a Mac purchase over the weekend and the salesperson said something that alarmed me, since I've been shopping around for a new (bigger) internal hard drive for my MacBook. The Apple salesperson mentioned in passing that MacBook owners can upgrade their RAM without voiding their AppleCare, but if they upgrade the hard drive, AppleCare is voided. (!!!) This was a surprise to me, since Apple publishes instructions on how to install a new hard drive in the "DIY" section of the support site.
Does anyone know whether or not this is true? My 60GB HD is nearly full and my external drive is more trouble than it's worth. But, I certainly don't wanna void AppleCare by installing a new hard drive.
Thanks for any info!
MacBook 13" Mac OS X (10.4.7)
iMac G5 Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Thanks! I was devastated by the salesperson's comments, but I should have known better... I could tell that in some cases he was giving answers that should have been prefaced with multiple disclaimers!

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